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Metacam dose?

B

bunny babe

Wise Old Thumper
2 "units" per day - is that enough for a 3.7kg rabbit once a day

or

2ml from the old type syringe

This is based on the cat metacam? It seems low compared to what other people are giving :?
 
Im not sure what kind of metacam I had but for my Sebastian (1.5kg) he was on 6 'units' per day, this was upped from about 3 or 4 units :wave:
 
Dog and cat metacam are very different.
Grim usually has the dog one and has 7ml. He's 3.2kg so it's over twice the dosage stated for dogs. :shock:

I think the cat one might be stronger.
 
Jenova said:
Dog and cat metacam are very different.
Grim usually has the dog one and has 7ml. He's 3.2kg so it's over twice the dosage stated for dogs. :shock:

I think the cat one might be stronger.
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It's not - the cat metacam is weaker than the dog one. The dog one is 1.5mg/ml and I think the cat one is 0.5mg/ml. It's definitely weaker though. Parsnip is on a daily maintenance dose of metacam for his elbow joint and he has 0.3ml (dog metacam) twice a day. He weighs 2.8kg.
 
Jenova said:
Dog and cat metacam are very different.
Grim usually has the dog one and has 7ml. He's 3.2kg so it's over twice the dosage stated for dogs. :shock:

I think the cat one might be stronger.
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blimey thats over 3mg/kg :shock: he must have loads of pain :cry:

my understanding of metacam is limited but i never realised rabbits could have such a high dosage

Alvin gets 0.6ml of the dog one for his tummy ache which i think is approx 0.4mg/kg (hes about 2.2kg) if hes really poorly i am allowed to give this dose twice a day but ive never needed to thankfully :D
 
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